Classical
Both words in one sentence
- He's also incredibly street smart, an intelligent detective and has a classical education.
Source: Literature / Philip Marlowe - Smart People Know Latin: Other than Bunny, most of the clique and their instructor are fairly brainy and are obsessive about keeping up with their classical languages.
Source: Literature / The Secret History - Somewhat inverted in Ancient Rome: The smart people knew Classical Latin (the dialect spoken by upperclass Romans) and many patricians learned Greek.
Source: Smart People Know Latin
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